General Cigar Holdings, Inc. - Introduction

Introduction

387 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10016-8899
United States
Telephone: (212) 448-3800
Toll Free: (800) 273-8044
Fax: (212) 561-8979
Web site: http://www.cigarworld.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1906 as United Cigar Manufacturers Company
Employees: 35
Sales: $182.2 million
NAIC: 312229 Other Tobacco Product Manufacturing

General Cigar Holdings, Inc., makes and markets imported handmade and hand-rolled premium cigars made with long filler and all natural tobacco leaf. The company's most popular brands include Macanudo, Punch (MPP), Hoyo de Monterrey, Cohiba, and Partagas. Through its subsidiary, Culbro Tobacco, it grows, cures, ages, and processes the majority of Connecticut Shade tobacco in the world. The company also owns Club Macanudo cigar bars in New York and Chicago. Once known as Culbro Corporation General Cigar Holdings is 65 percent owned by Swedish Match AB. The remaining shares are held by the Cullman family, which founded the company.